Garment hanger



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w ll Wr w -1 J H H n v Patented Mar. 20, 1951 'UN'ITED STATES OFFICE GARMENT HANGER: Arthur nr ramka hme e 111. Application March'IS, 194m, seriarnaesaess 5'Glaims- (01. 223588 1 This inventionrelates'to garment hangers,

The-main objects of this invention are, to nin vide a garment. hanger having an improved ar rangement of means whereby manypieces of various kinds of clothing may be simultaneously suspended inl'orderly and readily-accessible arrangement; to providean improved hanger of this kind which. is capable of being supported in gannentesuspending position from any one of several conventional means used for such purpose; to provide an improved construction of individual." garment-suspending elements each adapted for separable attachment to the articles of clothing and to the garment-supporting hanger itself; and to provide an improved garment hanger of this-kind which is extremely simple in construction; therefore very economical to manufeature, and exceedingly convenient to use.

A preferred embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1; shows the improved garment-suspendingbar mounted on a wire coat hanger but equipped with a strap element and formed with apertures whereby it might be supported either on a rod or on; a hook rail; I

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail in perspective showing the manner in which the garment-supporting bar is yieldingly retained in place on the coat hanger;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged end elevation of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 as viewed from the plane of the line 33;

Fig. 4 is a reduced view showing a pair of trousers suspended from the arrangement shown: inFig. 1.; p r W V Fig. 5 isa-reduced fragmentary detail showing in full-and in dotted outlines how a pair of garment-suspending bars may be secured either to the bottom or the top edge respectively of a hook rail, the view including an indication of how two pairs of trousers might be suspended from such an adjacent pair of bars;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged partly sectional end view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 5 as viewed from the plane of the line 66;

- Fig. 7 shows in full and in dotted outlines a garment-suspending tab secured to the inside of the waist of the garment;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged side elevation of the upper end of the tab showing the oppositely disposed arrangement of a pair of the socket parts of a conventional snap fastener; the figure bein in juxtaposition to Fig. 3 shows the upper socket part of the snap fastener in axial alinement with 2 I the ball part i theeep fa t er shown infi 3; and

Fi 9 is side levation ofa, ga ment susp nd ins ta sh wing at the pper nd a pair. of on limi r-d po ed o ke pa s f a nap' st n r nd at he low r: nd a flap hing d t rete and bit means of: whi h it wo ld be. convenient o per manently attach the tab to the inside or a gar ment. a

pr e red, form of garm nt-hanger con s ructedn acc a ce with" this nven ion comprises a bar Ill whereon is mounted a row of parts H of a conventional snap fastener wherefrommay besuspended tabs l2 to which are secured-the other part iii-oi the aioresaid type Sn p f steners- The-- tabs I: are f rm d. o

, quipped with m a i rattaching th m o earto the bar I No p rmit it to be supported on a y one of several difi renttypes of s pport.

The bar I'D-preferably. a t ough not n essar ly isri med of plastic mater al. As sh wn. e drawing the upper longi udina p rim r is: form d to prcv de a' anee 11 (see Fig- 2) o fit over the-hori ontal par it of conventional wir a anger l9. H oks M are formed at he end and; at a inte mediat point f the flan and: shaped thatthey wil yie dingly receive the-transverse part [8 of the coat han er i9 and secure the bar 19 a ainst accidental displacement ther on fastenerparts H and i3. as herein shown, areoftheconventional ball and socket type. A plurality of the ball parts I! of these snap fastenersiaa'e arranged ina row longitudinally of the bai fltso'that the, tabs I2- maybe-removably suspended at various points thereon by the"engage ment of the socket parts l3 with the ball parts I I, in the obvious manner.

The tabs I2 preferably are pieces of fabric of appropriate construction each mounting a pair of the socket parts l3 of the snap fasteners at the upper end and a safety pin 20 or flap 2| at the lower end for removably or permanently attaching the tab to a garment. Intermediate its ends each tab 12 is formed with a butto'nhole 22 whereby the tab, when it is to be used for suspending trousers, may be attached temporarily to the buttons conventionally arranged on the inside waistline of trousers.

As will be clearly noted from the drawings, the pair of socket parts l3 of the snap fasteners secured to a tab I2 are oppositely disposed, This permits a tab to be attached to the complementary part II on the bar 10 regardless of how the tab may be attached to the garment.

As will be obvious from Fig. 7, the tab may remain attached to the inside of the garment and allowed to drop down within the garment, as shown in dotted outline, when the garment is to be worn. This avoids the necessity of finding tabs or attaching them to a garment when the garment is to be suspended from the hanger.

The .apertures I5, of which there are three shown in the drawings (see Fig. 1), permit the bar I to be attached by means of screws or nails to the upper or lower edge of a closet hook rail 23, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The inverted stirrup member [6 preferably is in the form of a strap of fabric or leather, or even plastic material. On each end is secured the socket part I3 of a snapfastener which permits the strap to be attached to a pair of adjacent ball parts ll so that by means of the strap the bar may be suspended from a rod or pole 24.

On occasion the bar [0, mounted on a coat hanger as shown, could be suspended from a post or over a chair or a bed end. If the bar were removed from the hanger l9 it might be supported from the back of a chair by means of the hooks l4.

Other variations and modifications in the details of structure and arrangement of the parts may be resorted to within the spirit and coverage of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger of the class described comprising, a bar, a plurality of one part of a two-piece snap fastener arranged on said bar in a row longitudinally thereof, a plurality of garment-suspension elements each having secured thereto the other part of the aforesaid two-piece snap fastener, means on each of said elements for attaching said element to a garment, said bar having a plurality of hooks formed along one edge thereof adapted to support said bar on the crossbar of a conventional coat hanger,-said bar also having apertures formed therein whereby said bar may be anchored to a hook rail or the like, and an inverted stirrup means attached to said bar whereby it may be suspended from a rod.

2. A garment hanger of the class described comprising, a bar, a plurality of one part of 'a' two-piece snap fastener arranged on said bar in a row longitudinally thereof, a plurality of tabs each of which has secured thereto a second part which is adapted to cooperatively engage said one part to provide a snap fastener, a pair of means on each of said tabs either of which is adapted to secure said tabs to a garment, and means on said bar whereby it may be attached to a suitable support, said attaching means comprising a plurality of downwardly extending hooks proportioned to engage the cross-bar of a conventional coat hanger.

3. A garment hanger of the class described comprising, a bar, a plurality of one Part of a two-piece snap fastener arranged on said bar in a row longitudinally thereof, a plurality of tabs each of which has secured thereto a second part which is adapted to cooperatively engage said one part to provide a snap fastener, each of said tabs having a buttonhole formed therein whereby said tab may be secured to a garment by means of a button, a safety pin attached to each of said tabs as an alternative means for securing said tab to a garment, and means on said bar whereby it may be attached to a suitable support, said attaching means comprising a plurality of downwardly extending hooks proportioned to engage the crossbar of a conventional coat hanger.

4. A garment hanger of the class described comprising, a bar, a plurality of one part of a two-piece snap fastener arranged on said bar in a row longitudinally thereof, a plurality of tabs each of which has secured thereto a pair of sec- 0nd parts which are adapted to cooperatively engage said one part to provide a snap fastener, said second parts being oppositely disposed on the respective tab, a pair of means on each of said tabs either of which is adapted to secure said tabs to a garment, and means on said bar whereby it may be attached to a suitable support.

5. A garment hanger of the class described comprising, a bar, a plurality of one part of a two-piece snap fastener arranged on said bar in a row longitudinally thereof, said bar having two or more apertures formed therein intermediate the ends thereof to receive anchoring means whereby said bar may be secured to a hook rail, downwardly dependin hooks formed on the upper edge of said bar whereby it is adapted to be suspended over the cross-bar of a coat hanger, and a strap having attached to each end thereof a second part adapted to cooperatively engage said one part to provide a snap fastener, whereby said strap is attached to certain of said one parts on said bar so as to suspend said bar from a rod.

ARTHUR M. FRAMKE.

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